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Monday, May 28, 2007

What's He Thinking About?

Governor Daniels rode his Harley in the 500 Festival Parade for the second year in a row. I'm curious what people think of this from a public relations standpoint. Does it humanize him? Is it too out of character? I can't really make up my mind about it. What do you think? Click on the photo to enlarge.

Check out Noam Scheiber's article in the TNR "Populist Poseur Fred Thompson: Pickup Artist" (http://www.tnr.com/user/nregi.mhtml?i=20070521&s=scheiber052107-free registration required). He describes the tendency for rich guy Republicans to assume a countrified persona (e.g., Fred Thompson: lawyer-turned-actor-turned-Washington lobbyist-turned-country boy; GWB, the son of President and Yalie a'workin' on the ranch in Texas) and why it works with that constituency. Think about MMM, a graduate of North Central HS, Princeton, and Georgetown, and his development of that faux hilljack accent at the age of 50.

Following though with the movie resembles theme … the phrase that immediately popped when I glanced at this picture was: Big bike, little dick! A line variation from my all time favorite politically seedy British comedy, “Personal Services”

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